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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-F80432
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Cast flat discoid button with a probably integrally cast and drilled loop on the back. The front bears a finely incised border of feathered figures possibly executed using a lathe. This shows as if cut through an overall glossy black coating. The finder kindly identifies the object as a 'Tombac' button, though the term refers to a specific alloy rather than a discrete form. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1675-1725.
Diameter: 17.2mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 1.2mm, Weight: 2.25gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1675
Date to: Circa AD 1725
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Diameter: 17.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32151
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Corringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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